Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Actor Gary Busey, who was not wearing a helmet when he was nearly killed in > a motorcycle crash three years ago, on Friday urged all state legislatures > to pass mandatory helmet laws. >
I'm not a biker and if I was I'd definitely wear a helmet, but a big part of me doesn't like these mandatory safety laws; it's too nanny-stateish It seems like a slippery slope when the government starts getting involved in personal passing safety laws. It makes sense for kids (car seats and such) and for cases where you can hurt someone else, but I dunno ... There's a local radio station in town with a great show called Garage Logic. The show has "helmet updates" where people call in with sightings of people wearing helmets in ridiculous situations. One I remember is a guy manually changing the prices on an outdoor gas station sign wearing a helmet with a full face shield. At some point it just seems like it's not the government's business and if we decide it is, where's the line? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339852 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
